Former Fort Bend Co. investigator indicted in colleague's death

Updated 10:21 pm, Wednesday, March 6, 2013

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Fort Bend county sheriff's investigator Shelley Nicodemus was killed last fall when a motorcycle on which she was a passenger crashed on a feeder road in Katy.
A Fort Bend County grand jury has indicted former sheriff's investigator Moses Perez, the driver, for intoxicated manslaughter with a vehicle in the Oct. 28, 2012, accident. less

Fort Bend county sheriff's investigator Shelley Nicodemus was killed last fall when a motorcycle on which she was a passenger crashed on a feeder road in Katy.
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A Fort Bend County grand jury has indicted former sheriff's investigator Moses Perez for intoxicated manslaughter with a vehicle in the Oct. 28, 2012, death of Shelley Nicodemus when the motorcycle he was driving crashed on a feeder road in Katy. less

A Fort Bend County grand jury has indicted former sheriff's investigator Moses Perez for intoxicated manslaughter with a vehicle in the Oct. 28, 2012, death of Shelley Nicodemus when the motorcycle he was ... more

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A former Fort Bend County sheriff's investigator has been indicted on an intoxication manslaughter charge in a motorcycle crash that killed a colleague who was his passenger.

Prosecutors said Perez was drunk when he crashed his 2007 Harley-Davidson on Oct. 28, after apparently hitting a curb along an Interstate 10 feeder road near Pin Oak Road in Katy. They were off duty at the time.

Katy police investigated the crash.

The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office conducted an internal affairs investigation of Perez and determined that he violated departmental policy. An order for his termination was issued on Feb. 22.

Perez retired effective Feb. 22 in lieu of termination, according to a news release issued Wednesday by the sheriff's office.

He surrendered on Wednesday and is free on $10,000 bail.

He underwent surgery at Memorial-Hermann Hospital after the accident, according to investigators.

Nicodemus, 45, had been with the sheriff's office for about 20 years. She was assigned to the special crimes unit, officials said.

Perez also had been with the department for nearly 20 years and was assigned to the burglary and theft unit. He had worked for the sheriff's office in various assignments since July 2, 1990.

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